1802 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1802 in Ireland.
Events
- First Christian Brothers' school founded by Edmund Rice in Waterford.[1]
- Cork Fever Hospital and House of Recovery founded by Dr. John Milner Barry in Cork.[2]
- Linen Hall Library moves into permanent premises in the White Linen Hall in Belfast.
Arts and literature
- Henry Boyd completes the first full English translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
- A collection of Irish language religious verse by Tadhg Gaelach Ó Súilleabháin (died 1795), Timothy O'Sullivan's Pious Miscellany, is published in Clonmel.
Births
- 18 April - Robert Patterson, businessman and naturalist (died 1872).
- 24 May - Robert Baldwin Sullivan, lawyer, judge, and politician in Canada, second Mayor of Toronto (died 1853).
- 12 December - Robert Templeton, naturalist, artist and entomologist (died 1892).
- Juan Galindo, born John Galindo, fighter for Central American independence and explorer (killed in action 1839 in Honduras)
Deaths
- 28 January - Joseph Wall, army officer, colonial governor and murderer (born 1737)
- 2 February - Armar Lowry-Corry, 1st Earl Belmore, politician and High Sheriff (born 1740).
- 30 March - Aedanus Burke, soldier, judge, and United States Representative from South Carolina (born 1743).
- 20 July - Isaac Barré, soldier and politician (born 1726).
- 24 October - John Ramage, artist (born 1748).
References
- ↑ "Edmund Rice - The Man". edmundclt.org. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Barry, John Milner". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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